ESL Commando English

“ADVERB CLAUSE JUMBLE GAME”

Mission: Students will recognize the function of signal words in adverb clauses and the punctuation and order of adverb clauses.

For this exercise, teachers should cut up each clause and jumble them together. Students must then works in groups of 2 or 3 to:

1) Put the clauses together for the right meaning2) Punctuate the sentences correctly3) Capitalize the sentences correctly

Teachers can give a prize to those students who complete all 3 of the goals of the mission in the fastest manner. Teachers are also encouraged to make extra copies of page 1 to distribute to students so that all students can review the correct forms of the sentences after the activity is finished.

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because he is a mean person

whenever he goes to the mall

even though Joe likes her

before he graduates

after he graduates

while he was walking to the car

until he left the store

as soon as it stops snowing

by the time he got there

the next time he goes home

since he doesn’t eat meat

no one likes him

he buys too much stuff

he won’t ask her out

he is going to finish all of his classes

he is going to move to California

he dropped his shopping bag

the salesman kept asking him to buy something

he is going to drive us to school

everyone had left

he’ll make sure to bring his mom flowers

he’ll probably just eat rice

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